Adam Riedi Arboriculture
Adam Riedi provides a Scotland wide arboricultural consultancy and advisory service with offices based in the central belt and the Scottish Highlands. ​
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With over 25 years in business, we have successfully built a strong reputation within the industry providing professional advice and formal reports in all areas concerning the management of amenity and heritage trees.​
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Our aim is to assist tree owners in fulfilling their legal responsibilities for trees whilst protecting the many ecological and landscape benefits that trees confer.​
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In using the latest methods, research and technology in our wide range of services, we aim to remain at the forefront of modern arboriculture in Scotland.
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Clients include:
Universities
Local Authorities
National Trust for Scotland
Historic Environment Scotland
Scottish Water
Scottish and Southern Energy
Edinburgh Festival
Urban and rural estates
Projects:
(involving detailed assessment of ancient,
veteran and specimen trees)
James VI Sycamore and Oak (Scone Palace)
The original Douglas Fir (Scone Palace)
Tallest Grand Fir in Scotland (Ardkinglas Woodland Garden)
Avenues at Scone Palace, Castle Kennedy and Gleneagles House
Edinburgh New Town Gardens
Services
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Planting and design plans​​
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Detailed visual tree assessment
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Tree condition and risk surveys and formal reports
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Planning, buildings and trees and pre-development consultancy to BS 5837: 2012-Trees in relation to design, demolition and construction
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Decay detection with Picus Sonic Tomography and resistograph drilling
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Plant pathology and laboratory analysis of plant and soil samples
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Aerial inspection of tree biomechanical defects and ecological features
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GIS and CAD mapping
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Planting and design plans to BS 8545:2014 Trees: from nursery to independence in the landscape
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Historic planned landscape and Pinetum and Arboretum management plans
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Large tree population inventories
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Plant inventories, botanical labelling and interpretation
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Fife
Edenbank House
22 Crossgate,
Cupar
Fife
KY15 5HW
Contact Us
Adam Riedi
Tech.Cert. Arbor.A,
LANTRA - Professional Tree Inspection Certificate
07866479416
Central Belt:
​​Edenbank House
22 Crossgate,
Cupar, Fife
KY15 5HW
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Highlands & Islands
8 Church Street,
​Inverness
Highlands
​IV1 1EA
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Enquiries
About
Adam Riedi holds the Arboricultural Association Technicians Certificate and the LANTRA Professional Tree Inspection Certificate. He has been working in the industry since 1995 as both as a contracting and consulting arborist and spent 11 years as a professional tree climber.
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He has travelled throughout Europe to visit iconic specimen trees and ancient woodland and to exchange ideas with other tree professionals in Latvia, Holland, France, Spain, Germany and Russia.
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Mr Riedi was the Secretary of the Scottish Branch of the Arboricultural Association from 2012 to 2014 where his role included the organisation of seminars and events. In 2011 he attended a visual tree assessment elite field training course held in Germany with Professor Claus Mattheck.
In May 2010 he chaired a seminar given by world-leading tree expert Professor Claus Mattheck (Institute of Materials Research, Karlsruhe University, Germany). He has demonstrated modern ultra-sound decay detection techniques at a number of events and colleges.
Between 2016-2019. Mr Riedi became the co-ordinator of The Ancient Tree Forum in Scotland where his main role was to deliver a series of seminars on understanding and managing veteran trees including courses at Scone Palace and the Royal Botanics Gardens Edinburgh.
In 2019 and 2024 he appeared in BBC television (Heavenly Gardens-BBC 2 with Arit Anderson) and radio programs (Out of Doors-BBC Scotland with Rachel Stewart) discussing the importance of veteran and ancient trees.
